Taipans
Years ago

Orange Army!

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Or I could just get it here

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AD  
Years ago

Really?
It's not bad enough you have only ex-wildcats, you have to pinch that as well?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

'Orange army' doesn't quite have the same ring to it

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Matt  
Years ago

Dutch we go, the soccer World Cup is on Bert is Dutch

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Dutch didn't qualify to it.

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koberulz  
Years ago

Fairly sure Cairns's Orange Army predates Perth's Red Army.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Correct kr. AD shut up you are excruciating.

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AD  
Years ago

The term "Red Army" dates back to the Russian Revolution...

"Orange Army" is just some shit you made up, so it doesn't predate anything

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Manu Fieldel  
Years ago

Haha, your point was that the Taipans took the '*colour* Army' thing from the Wildcats when that's not true. Now you're trying to introduce Russia into this because you're wrong?

Funny.

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Udog  
Years ago

I like how he's carrying on about Perth players being "pinched" by another team.

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Thunder Jam  
Years ago

At least we know what AD stands for...........Another D...head!

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Manu Fieldel  
Years ago

AD is LoveBroker's intern

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Melbourne Boy  
Years ago

Emmanuel Malou is going to sign with Cairns.

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Tiger  
Years ago

I will get my info from the Cairns Post

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UseTaHoop  
Years ago

Pretty sure Red Army was disbanded after the breakup of the USSR.

The Red Army was never for "the West", so why would Perf fans adopt a moniker from eastern block militarism?

The orange army of the Dutch, on the other hand, has been involved in peacekeeping missions and humanitarian works.

Red Army is history, Perf's Version should also disband.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Also the most people of Dutch descent in this country are in Queensland. So orange army appropriate unlike red army for the west.

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UseTaHoop  
Years ago

Not so sure about majority/ most of Dutch descended Australians in Qld.

Dutch culture enabled them to assimilate everywhere in Australia. My guess is they're probably spread across the land roughly in proportion to population size.

Tulip time in Bowral, NSW, tulip festival of some kind in Canberra/ACT also, the big clog in Coffs Harbou, NSW, Dutch pop in Adelaide fair sized. I reckon they’re everywhere.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Yeah but the most are in Brisbane from memory.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Anyway the point is red army = west is hilarious. I bet Wildcats HQ never really contemplated what a red army is. and red as the colour for the Wildcats is also still baffling (that's another issue altogether).

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UseTaHoop  
Years ago

Agreed.

But then, would you really expect a bunch of cashed up, mining boom enhanced Perfites to understand the subtle nuances of adopting a moniker with a pre-existing strong historico-political association?

Maybe the Red Army could be sent to work in the salt mines?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

No, I wouldn't expect them to know - after all, I live in Perth.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Cairns have Facebook lol.

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